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- Jeff
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- South lyon MI
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- C6Z06, 2022 wildtrak
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hey guys,
@Turn Offroad early this year released a new series of lighter weight bumpers for the bronco trying to cover the other end of the spectrum from a lot of whats offered (giant heavy winch bumpers and bull bars). I personally like using my truck for a lot of higher speed offroad and trail running with my Hoss 3.0 Fox Wildtrak so weight off the front end and the high tuck bumpers are my preference. My favorite were the ADD bomber, SVC baja, etc which are all 2 grand plus bumpers. This bumper from Turn Offroad was $520 on presale which is insane
things I like:
- holds up to their mantra, material where it matters and isn't where its not. The whole construction is 3mm / 1/8" but manages to be just over 50 lbs. I am slightly concerned about how big of a hit the skid plates can take but if they cave I can hammer back out and weld L channel to the back for this price point
- fitment is pretty solid: I have some inconsistent gaps at the very tail ends by the fender flares but this is common with high and tight bumpers and could be rectified by shimming the top bolts at the frame horn attachments to tilt the bumper up
- light bar mounting: they give you a 30" light bar which is crazy for this price. I will say, its an incredibly cheap looking no name China lightbar with 0 specs so I chose not to run it and use by existing 30" extreme LED's light bar. The brackets that come with it position the bar perfectly in the middle of the bumper cutout and have tons of slots to slide the brackets around to your unique hardware
- grill open area: My biggest pet peeve on bumpers is not maintaining intercooler airflow. On our ecoboost engines, maintaining low MCT's is paramount to offroad sustained performance. Most bumper block off the opening, shove lights in there, or have opening outside the area of the shutters. I have a mishimoto thick core intercooler and I want it to get as much air as possible. This bumper gives a ton of open area for the grill shutter assembly AND you could cut more slots into the lower part of the shroud to use the airflow available from the slots in the upper skid plate. All of that grill area and you still get a light bar, its great
- the coatings/construction: for bumpers fabricated overseas, the welds / grinds / coatings seem very good. I was told by customer service this bumper does get their TriGuard coating which is a dip in prep solvent / dip in E-Coat / powdercoat. It is a salt filled winter in Michigan so I want to get this thing out into the salt immediately to test the corrosion resistance and see if i'll need to use the 2 year warranty they give on coating. Just to be sure, I used my preferred corrosion inhibitor (CRC) on the entire inside of the bumper to fill the nooks and welds with protection from the salt.
- Packaging: Everything was well wrapped in high density pads and then spray foam filled to handle rough handling. From CA to MI the box got beat up but packaging was great
Things I'm not crazy about:
- this wasn't in issue for me but for some it will be hard, no install instructions YET. I'm sure they will make an install video but for now bumper came with nothing. Hardware was all bagged in batches (light bar hardware / skid plate hardware / bumper main attachment hardware). Its pretty self explanatory
- no provisions for harnesses. I have a high trim Wildtrak with capable bumper (fog lights). My harness is pretty big. This bumper has no provisions for tie off or push pinning the harness but through careful ziptying and using the light bar slots and park aid sensors I think I have my harness pretty well constrained.
- Totally not their issue but I'm torn on looks. I think whats throwing me off is the crash bar horns, it makes the high tuck style look awkward so I might just have to cut them off and run a JKS max clearance kit to hold the body mount and future proof for 37's
- recovery points. To reduce weight the bumper does not have shackle locations welded on or in. What I ended up doing is ordering the low trim skid plate / intercooler brackets that have the tow hooks integrated into them (they were 80 bucks on eBay). These are a downgrade on recovery points. the openings in the plate for them are tight but they will work in a pinch. once again, my style of wheeling isnt rock crawling and bogging so I don't have to get pulled out a lot but it will be a bit more cumbersome now than it was when I had my capable bumper.
hardest part of the install was the ACC relocation. Getting it leveled/aligned, cutting back the wire harness sheath and pulling the radar circuits out, routing the harness cleanly into the upper radiator area without getting pinched or touching the condensor. It just took a lot of fiddling. I'm sure it would be the same with any companies kit, they all look to be about the same.
@Turn Offroad early this year released a new series of lighter weight bumpers for the bronco trying to cover the other end of the spectrum from a lot of whats offered (giant heavy winch bumpers and bull bars). I personally like using my truck for a lot of higher speed offroad and trail running with my Hoss 3.0 Fox Wildtrak so weight off the front end and the high tuck bumpers are my preference. My favorite were the ADD bomber, SVC baja, etc which are all 2 grand plus bumpers. This bumper from Turn Offroad was $520 on presale which is insane
things I like:
- holds up to their mantra, material where it matters and isn't where its not. The whole construction is 3mm / 1/8" but manages to be just over 50 lbs. I am slightly concerned about how big of a hit the skid plates can take but if they cave I can hammer back out and weld L channel to the back for this price point
- fitment is pretty solid: I have some inconsistent gaps at the very tail ends by the fender flares but this is common with high and tight bumpers and could be rectified by shimming the top bolts at the frame horn attachments to tilt the bumper up
- light bar mounting: they give you a 30" light bar which is crazy for this price. I will say, its an incredibly cheap looking no name China lightbar with 0 specs so I chose not to run it and use by existing 30" extreme LED's light bar. The brackets that come with it position the bar perfectly in the middle of the bumper cutout and have tons of slots to slide the brackets around to your unique hardware
- grill open area: My biggest pet peeve on bumpers is not maintaining intercooler airflow. On our ecoboost engines, maintaining low MCT's is paramount to offroad sustained performance. Most bumper block off the opening, shove lights in there, or have opening outside the area of the shutters. I have a mishimoto thick core intercooler and I want it to get as much air as possible. This bumper gives a ton of open area for the grill shutter assembly AND you could cut more slots into the lower part of the shroud to use the airflow available from the slots in the upper skid plate. All of that grill area and you still get a light bar, its great
- the coatings/construction: for bumpers fabricated overseas, the welds / grinds / coatings seem very good. I was told by customer service this bumper does get their TriGuard coating which is a dip in prep solvent / dip in E-Coat / powdercoat. It is a salt filled winter in Michigan so I want to get this thing out into the salt immediately to test the corrosion resistance and see if i'll need to use the 2 year warranty they give on coating. Just to be sure, I used my preferred corrosion inhibitor (CRC) on the entire inside of the bumper to fill the nooks and welds with protection from the salt.
- Packaging: Everything was well wrapped in high density pads and then spray foam filled to handle rough handling. From CA to MI the box got beat up but packaging was great
Things I'm not crazy about:
- this wasn't in issue for me but for some it will be hard, no install instructions YET. I'm sure they will make an install video but for now bumper came with nothing. Hardware was all bagged in batches (light bar hardware / skid plate hardware / bumper main attachment hardware). Its pretty self explanatory
- no provisions for harnesses. I have a high trim Wildtrak with capable bumper (fog lights). My harness is pretty big. This bumper has no provisions for tie off or push pinning the harness but through careful ziptying and using the light bar slots and park aid sensors I think I have my harness pretty well constrained.
- Totally not their issue but I'm torn on looks. I think whats throwing me off is the crash bar horns, it makes the high tuck style look awkward so I might just have to cut them off and run a JKS max clearance kit to hold the body mount and future proof for 37's
- recovery points. To reduce weight the bumper does not have shackle locations welded on or in. What I ended up doing is ordering the low trim skid plate / intercooler brackets that have the tow hooks integrated into them (they were 80 bucks on eBay). These are a downgrade on recovery points. the openings in the plate for them are tight but they will work in a pinch. once again, my style of wheeling isnt rock crawling and bogging so I don't have to get pulled out a lot but it will be a bit more cumbersome now than it was when I had my capable bumper.
hardest part of the install was the ACC relocation. Getting it leveled/aligned, cutting back the wire harness sheath and pulling the radar circuits out, routing the harness cleanly into the upper radiator area without getting pinched or touching the condensor. It just took a lot of fiddling. I'm sure it would be the same with any companies kit, they all look to be about the same.
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